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Re: syntax error while parsing a case command within `$(...)'


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: syntax error while parsing a case command within `$(...)'
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:48:20 -0500
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On 2/21/21 3:05 PM, Oğuz wrote:
With the latest push to devel bash now accepts `if ! [[ ... ]] then :; fi' too, but not `:() ! [[ ... ]]'. Is `! [[ ... ]]' (or `time [[ ... ]]') a valid compound command or not?

Technically not; they're pipelines.

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